Faucet



`(No Model.)

K. H. PEDRICK. PAUGBT.

No. 384,866. Patented June 19, 1888.

AUS/5- UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIcE.

Knorr H. EEDRICK, or LYNN, ASSIGNOE or ONE-FOURTH To FRED H, y

SAEFQED, oE NEwBURrPonT, MASSACHUSETTS.

FAUCET SPECIFICATION forming part oi Letters Patent N o. 384,866. datedJune 19,1899

Application filed November 5, 1887. Serial No. 254,373. (No model.) n

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, KNOTT H. PEDRIOK, of

v Lynn, in the county of Essex, State of Massachusetts, have invented acertain new and useful Improvement in Faucets, of which the following isa description sufficiently full, clear, and exact to enable any personskilled in the art or science to which said invention appertains to makeand use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 'l is a verticallongitudinal section of a barrel provided with my improvement, the tubebeing shown in side elevation and partially broken away; Fig. 2, anvenlarged scctional view showing the construction of the pipe, its plug,and the method of Securing the same to the barrel; Fig. 8, a sideelevation of the faucet proper removed, a portion being shown invertical section; and Fig. 4, a rear elevation of the faucet proper. y

Like letters and gures of reference indicate corresponding parts in thedifferent tigures of the drawings.

My invention relates to that class of faucets which are designed for usewith barrelsfor containing beer and similar liquors; and it con- Slstsin a novel construction and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter morefully set forth and claimed, the object being to produce a moreeectivedevice of this charrcterthan is now in ordinary use.

In the drawings, A represents the barrel,and B thc faucet proper. Thebarrel is of the form and construction usual in barrels of thisdescription, excepting as hereinafter described. A horizontally-arrangedmetallic tube, C, connects the heads b of the barrel, passing throughthem and being secured therein at one end by a screw-cap, cl, whichcloses said end, and a washer, g, (see Fig. 1,) and at the opposite endby a nut, h, and washers z'. The tube is provided with holes or openingsm for the admission of liquor thereto to within a short distance of itsouter end, z, (see Fig. 1,) said end being interiorly screw-threaded, asshown in Fig. 2, to receive a screwplug, D, by means of which it isclosed.

The plug D is provided with openings o,

ladapted to register with the openings a: on the tube C when in use,said openings o leading into a centrally and horizontally arranged duct,k, which opens outwardly through the end of the plug.

The outer end of the plug D is providedwith two sockets, r, adapted toreceive the studs l on the faucet B.

The faucet is exteriorly screw-threaded at t to adapt it to tit theouter end, c, of the tube C, and'is provided with a duct, w, whichregisters with the duct k in the plug D, and with a Valve, H, of theusual construction. l

In the use of my improvement the studs lof In unscrewing the faucet toremove it from the tube it will be obvious that the plug D will also beunscrewed or turned outwardly until its openings o are closed,therebysecurely plugging the barrel and rendering it impossible to leave itaccidentally open when the faucet is removed.

By providing the tube C with holes w nearly its entire length, or beyondthe plug D, the liquor and air which would ordinarily be compressed insaid tube by turning the plug in and interfere with the free action ofthe faucet are forced through said openings into the barrel. It will beobvious that, from the great number of perforations :v and theirdisposition throughout the entire length of the tube C, the barrel A maybe readily filled by removing capd and connecting that end of tube Cwith a source of supply.

` Much labor and expense are occasioned with barrels of this descriptionfrom the necessity of frequently replacing' the heads b, which areaccidentally split or cracked when driving the faucet, as ordinarilyconstructed, into them, large quantities of the contents being oftenwasted during the process.

In my improvement it will be understood u ICO :much thinner and lightermaterial than in ordinary barrels.

The consumer, being supplied with the faucet B, can draw the contents ofthe barrel Without Waste, and by turning out the plug D can close orlock the tube, thereby preventing the gases from escaping from theliquor, as frequently happens in the use of faucets as ordinarilyconstructed.

I do not confine myself to providing the plug D with sockets r, as theymay be formed in the faucet, if desired, the studs Z in that ease beingformed on the plug. Neither do I confine myself to any special means forsecuring the tube in the heads of the barrel, as any suitable means forthat purpose may be em- -ployed.

Having thus explained my invention, what I claim is 1. The combinationofa barrel, a perforated tube extending therethrough, the ends of saidtube projecting through the heads of the barrel, one of said ends beingprovided with an interior screw-thread and both with exteriorscrew-threads, a screw-threaded cap at one end of said tube outside thehead and a nut at the opposite end of said tube outside the head, and afaucet -plug provided with exterior screw-threads which mesh with theinterior screw-threads of said tube, provided with a duct and withperforations adapted to register with the perforations of the tube,substantially as described.

2. In a device of the character described, the tube C, provided with theopenings x and cap ci, in combination with the plug D, having the holes'0, duct k, and sockets r, the faucet B, provided with the studs Z, andthe barrel A, substantially as set forth.

3.4 The tube C, secured in the heads b of the barrel A and provided withthe perforations x, one end of said tube being closed and the otheropening outward through one of said heads and being interiorlyscrew-threaded, in combination with the eXteriorly -screwthreaded plugD, provided with the duct It and perforations v, said last-namedperforations being adapted to register With the perforations x when theplug is turned in and to be closed by turning the plug outward,substantially as set forth.

KNOTT H. PEDRICK.

Vitncsses:

O. M. SHAW, E. M. SPINNEY.

